Board of Directors

and

International Advisory Board Members

NOTE: Below is a partial list of individuals who serve on The Awareness Center's - Board of Directors and International Advisory Board.

Board of Directors

1. Vicki Polin, MA, ATR, LCPC - Executive Director, Founder, President, Psychotherapist, Survivor child sexual abuse
2. Michael J. Salamon, PhD - Treasurer, Psychologist
3. Leah Marinelli, RN, CNM, NP - Secretary, Certified Nurse-Midwife, Nurse Practitioner
4. Renée Mayerson Cannella, JD - Attorney
5. Judy Mitzner - Director at Large, Survivor of clergy sexual abuse

International Advisory Board

1. Shalom Atlas, MA, MSW - Clinical Social Worker, Specialist in sexual abuse of men, Jerusalem, Israel
2. Mesa Leventhal Baker, MD - Pediatrician and expert in the detection and diagnosis of cases of child abuse, Baltimore, MD
3. Prof. Marci Hamilton, JD - Attorney, Professor, Specialties in Constitutional law, First Amendment, Law & Religion, New York, NY
4. Rebecca Alban Hoffberger - Founder and Director, American Visionary Arts Museum, Baltimore, MD
5. Simonne Levi-Jameson PhD (MA) MAPPA - Founder and Director - Children's Right Foundation Inc and Curator/Director - Art Sans Frontieres, Survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Melbourne University, Australia
6. Bonnie Leopold - Chaplain, Victim Advocate and Survivor of child sexual abuse, Los Angeles, CA
7. Jeannie Meece - Executive Director, STTAR Center, Ellicott City, MD
8. Rabbi Michael Schudrich - Chief Rabbi of Poland - Warsaw, Poland
9. Richard C. Schwartz, PhD - Marital and Family Therapy, Educator and Author, Chicago, IL
10. Vivian Skolnick, PhD - Psychologist and Psychoanalyst, Chicago, IL
11. Harriet Wadeson, PhD, LCSW, ATR-BC, HLM - Pioneer in the field of Art Therapy; educator, researcher and author, Chicago, IL

Also see:

1. The Awareness Center's Brochure  
2. Rabbis Who Publicly Support the Efforts of The Awareness Center, Inc.
3. Bullying, Intimidation, Extortion Attempts Advocating for Survivors of Sexual Violence

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The Awareness Center is a non-profit, certified 501 (c) (3) organization.  Our goals include reaching out to Jewish survivors of sexual violence, parents of sexually abused children, family members of alleged and convicted sex offenders, rabbis, cantors and other community leaders. We also serve as a clearinghouse of information, and offer advocacy for those in need and educational seminars.

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Last Updated:  04/10/2008

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